Six brothers from the Poe family of Baltimore, all who played football for the Princeton Tigers, several earning All-American recognition.
We have a fairly large collection of early football
photographs and this is arguably the most significant. The fact that this photo
is also signed by each of the brothers makes it all the more important. This was our 'Grail' piece.
From left to right in the photo are Arthur Poe, class of 1900 (his run in 1898 and field goal in 1899 won the games against Yale)(two time All-American), S. Johnson, class of 1884 (All-American in Lacrosse), Neilson, class of 1897, Edgar Allen, class of 1891 (All-American in 1889), Gresham, class of 1902 (excelled in hockey) and John Prentiss Poe Jr, class of 1895, killed in WWl.
Information on the Poes, that we won't repeat in this post, appear elsewhere in this blog,
including entries dated February 13, 2014, March 23, 2014, June 25, 2014,
October 17, 2017, December 25, 2020, December 31, 2020,and December 18, 2021.
Photo measures 10 3/4 x 12 7/8, mat 13 3/4 x 16 3/4
